Fossil Fuels and Fracking

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Advantages of Fossil Fuels:

- Cheap

- Easily transported

- very efficient

- their power stations can be built anywhere

Disadvantages of Fossil Fuels:

- Pollution (Greenhouse Gases)

- Burning Coal (produces carbon diox. and sulfur diox.)

What is Fracking?

Fracking is Hydrological Fracturing

Fracking:

- It has been used more than 1,000,000 times in the US

- It helps all the natural gas be recovered

Risks of Fracking:

- Contamination of Drinking Water

- 700 chemical agents are used in the process of fracking

- It releases greenhouse gases